Sometimes we are so reluctant to just simply go to God. We duck and dodge, play hide and seek, and throw whatever we can in front of Him so that we don't have to look at Him. And when we see deep down in the bottom of our broken and messy hearts, we know that it's time to stop hiding, but we still persist in throwing more and more objects in front of us, avoiding Him at whatever cost. And when we are chasing after whatever our No-God desires may be, we happen to rather unexpectedly run right into Him, not realizing that He used one of those No-God desires that we decided to let into our lives and were aimlessly searching after to lead us back to Himself. And as we are kneeling down looking up at the face of God; we see our brokenness. We are allowed one more glance at the huge mess that we have secluded and locked inside of the deepest chamber of our hearts. For this moment our eyes are opened wide to look at this mess and we find out that this mess is the result of our own self-sufficiency, and our lack of God-dependency. At this time, we know that something must change. We cry out to Him and repent of our disobedience, our lack of faith, our lack of trust, our avoidance of His perfect relationship. We are then almost instantaneously stirred by the power of His love and shaken by His overwhelming presence. "Why have I avoided this for so long? Why have I been so reluctant, so set in my own ways, so right in my own eyes, and why, oh why have I neglected you?...My heart craves You, I was made for you." The three words "I love you" travel down into every part of our whole being and warm the center of our messy hearts; we know that we are loved. And then the moment has passed. We have experienced both our past and our present colliding into one another so that by moving into the rhythm of His grace we might together with Him bring about a most perfect, extravagant future.
-burton 261E
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